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Craig “muMs” Grant Dies: Prolific Actor Played “Poet” On ‘Oz’, Recurred On ‘Hightown’ & ‘She’s Gotta Have It’

Craig "Mums" Grant, an actor and poet who appeared in all six seasons on HBO's prison drama Oz among dozens of film, TV and stage credits, has died.

deadline.com

Jeffrey M. Hayes Dies: Exec Who Oversaw ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’, ‘MacGyver’ Was 68

Jeffrey M. Hayes, a longtime producer whose executive tenure at Paramount Pictures Network Television saw him overseeing the development of series including MacGyver and Star Trek: The Next Generation, died March 9 in Los Angeles from an illness unrelated to Covid-19. He was 68. His death was...

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Bertrand Tavernier Dies: Legendary French Filmmaker Was 79

Bertrand Tavernier has died. The iconic French filmmaker known for 'A Sunday in the Country,' 'Round Midnight,' 'Capitaine Conan' and others was 79.

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[ClassicsFan]

Larry McMurtry, Novelist of the American West, Dies at 84 (Published 2021)

In “Lonesome Dove,” “The Last Picture Show” and dozens more novels and screenplays, he offered unromantic depictions of a long mythologized region.

www.nytimes.com

 

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Beverly Cleary, beloved children's book author and creator of Ramona Quimby, dies at 104

Children’s author Beverly Cleary, who introduced young readers to the love of reading through characters Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins, has died.

amp.usatoday.com

 

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Beverly Cleary, beloved children's book author and creator of Ramona Quimby, dies at 104

Children’s author Beverly Cleary, who introduced young readers to the love of reading through characters Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins, has died.

amp.usatoday.com

I loved her Ramona books when I was a kid.

 

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G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate mastermind, dead at 90

Liddy was head of a team of Republican operatives known as “the plumbers,” whose mission was to find leakers of information embarrassing to the Nixon administration. Among Liddy’s specialties were …

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[The Seeker]

Nawal El Saadawi: Egypt’s grand novelist, physician and global activist

A firebrand activist for women’s rights, her novels espoused truths that made her hugely unpopular with the government.

theconversation.com

 

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Peter Egan reveals his wife of 49 years Myra Frances has passed away - DUK News

Peter Egan has revealed his wife of 49 years, actress Myra Frances, has passed away.

dailyuknews.com

 

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Peter Egan reveals his wife of 49 years Myra Frances has passed away - DUK News

Peter Egan has revealed his wife of 49 years, actress Myra Frances, has passed away.

dailyuknews.com

Lady Adrasta in DOCTOR WHO: THE CREATURE FROM THE PIT and Anne Tranter from SURVIVORS (1975).

She absolutely nailed playing the part of the callous, hard-nosed bitch on TV.

RIP.

 

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Emmy-Winning Set Designer Evelyn Sakash Found Dead Under Debris in Her Home - E! Online

Emmy winner Evelyn Sakash was discovered dead under debris in her home in Queens, New York, six months after she went missing, according to the NYPD. Her sister responded to claims she was a hoarder.

www.eonline.com

 

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Pat Collins, Tony Award-Winning Lighting Designer, Dies at 88 (Published 2021)

She sought to move audiences with her lighting in shows like “The Threepenny Opera,” “I’m Not Rappaport” and “Ain’t Misbehavin’.”

www.nytimes.com

 

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Amy Johnston, Actress in ‘The Buddy Holly Story,’ Dies at 66

She played the rocker's girlfriend in the Gary Busey starrer and a woman with a thing for Vinnie Barbarino on 'Welcome Back, Kotter.'

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

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William "Biff" McGuire, Two-Time Tony-Nominated Actor, Dies at 94

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/ne...nated-actor-dies-at-94/ar-BB1fhsO8?li=BBnb2gh

 

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Romeo + Juliet choir boy Quindon Tarver dies at 38

Singer said in 2017 that his early career had been derailed following sexual abuse within the music industry

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Gloria Henry, TV Mom on ‘Dennis the Menace,’ Dies at 98

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/g...-the-menace-dies-at-98/ar-BB1fiJiJ?li=BBnb7Kz

 

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Winfred Rembert, artist whose work was rooted in the Jim Crow US South, is dead at the age of 75

The artist was one of only a few who survived a threatened lynching. He went on to raise a family and develop his craft in following decades.

www.wsws.org

 

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James Hampton, ‘F Troop,’ ‘Longest Yard’ and ‘Teen Wolf’ Actor, Dies at 84

He worked often with Burt Reynolds and directed him in episodes of the sitcom 'Evening Shade.'

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

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Prince Philip Dies: Queen Elizabeth II’s Husband Was 99

Prince Philip, the 73-year husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, has died at the age of 99, Buckingham Palace announced.

deadline.com

 

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https://pitchfork.com/news/dmx-has-died-at-50/

 

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Here is the unfurled DMX article:

DMX, electrifying rapper who defined 2000s rap, dies at 50

The prolific rapper and actor died nearly a week after suffering a heart attack, his family said in a statement.

www.cbsnews.com

 

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Horror SFX Legend Giannetto De Rossi Dies at 79

Giannetto De Rossi, one of the masters of the grotesque with his brilliantly horrifying horror makeup, has passed away at the age of 79

www.cbr.com